{"id":70029,"date":"2025-07-08T22:15:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70029"},"modified":"2025-07-08T22:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:15:38","slug":"minna-hosts-cng-training-for-youth-mechanics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/08\/minna-hosts-cng-training-for-youth-mechanics\/","title":{"rendered":"Minna Hosts CNG Training for Youth, Mechanics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Salihu Mohammed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minna is set to take center stage in Nigeria\u2019s green revolution as Fonnd Motor Manufacturing and Abdulkadir Kure University Minna (AKUM), launch a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Conversion Training Programme.<\/p>\n<p>Running daily from July 14 to 19, 2025, at AKUM\u2019s campus, the initiative aims to equip young Nigerians and auto mechanics with practical skills in CNG vehicle conversion as well as supporting clean energy adoption and boosting employment.<\/p>\n<p>The training aligns with the Federal Government\u2019s energy transition goals, addressing the rising demand for affordable and eco-friendly transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the programme offers a direct path to entrepreneurship and better-paying jobs in the auto sector.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70031\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/515971840_122183682476306388_26128929118089963_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/515971840_122183682476306388_26128929118089963_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/515971840_122183682476306388_26128929118089963_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/515971840_122183682476306388_26128929118089963_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/515971840_122183682476306388_26128929118089963_n.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>AKUM, known for its focus on practical education, is partnering to ensure a hands-on learning experience. The collaboration signals a major step forward in Nigeria\u2019s pursuit of sustainable development and job creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Salihu Mohammed Minna is set to take center stage in Nigeria\u2019s green revolution as Fonnd Motor Manufacturing and Abdulkadir Kure University Minna (AKUM), launch a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Conversion Training Programme. Running daily from July 14 to 19, 2025, at AKUM\u2019s campus, the initiative aims to equip young Nigerians and auto mechanics with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,180],"tags":[1748,283,287,59,1749,1707],"class_list":["post-70029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-technology","tag-akum","tag-bago","tag-cng","tag-featured","tag-fonnd-motor-manufacturing","tag-picng"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70032,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70029\/revisions\/70032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}